Improvement in bale-ties



L'. ARNOLD. Ba,1e-Tie.

No. 204,183. Patent ed May 28,1878.

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UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LLOYD ARNOLD, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.

IM PROVEMENT IN BALE-Tl ES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 204,183, dated May 28,1878 application filed April 30, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD ARNOLD, of

the city and county of Galveston, and State sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved bale-tie, moreespecially to be used in connection with cotton, which shall be soconstructed as to hold the band from slipping or rendin g when thepressure is taken off the bale in a press, and which at the same timeshall be simple in construction, convenient in use, strong, and durable.

The invention consists in the bale-tie form ed of a block of iron, witha space or opening running longitudinally through its breadth from oneend nearly to the other, and having the alternate edges of the twoplates thus formed notched, the notch of the lower plate being squareand of a width equal to or a little greater than the bale-band, and thenotch of the upper'plate being narrower at its bottom than thebale-band, and with its sides inclined and beveled to an edge, to adaptit to receive and hold the bale-band, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a block of wrought or cast iron, of such a size as willgive it the requisite strength. The block A has a space or opening, a,formed in it longitudinally in the direction of its breadth, andextending from one end nearly to the other end, forming two attachedplates.

The alternate side edges of the two plates formed by the space a arenotched. The notch of the lower plate is made square, and

of a breadth equal to or a little greater than the breadth of thebale-band B. The notch of the upper plate is made narrower at its bottomthan the breadth of the bale-band B, and

its side edges are inclined and beveled to an edge.

In using the tie A, one end of the band B is passed into and through thespace a, and is bent into loop form around the notched edge of the lowerplate. The band B is then drawn taut around the bale, and is'slippedinto the space a ed'gewise, and is bent into loop form around thenotched edge of the upper plate. With this construction, as soon as thepressure is removed from the bale, the strain caused by the expansion ofthe said bale causes the beveled side edges of the notch in the upperplate to out into the side.

edges of the band B at its bend, so that the said band cannot slip orrender, however great the strain may be on the band. The outer end ofthe band B may then be out 0d at any desired distance from its bend orfasteningpoint in the tie or look.

Havin g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The bale-tie A, formed of a blockof iron, with aspace or opening longitudinally through its breadth from one end nearlyto the other, and having the alternate edges of the two plates thusformed notched, the notch of the lower plate being square and of a widthequal to or a little greater than the bale-band, and

the notch of the upper plate being narrower at its bottom than thebale-band, and with its sides inclined and beveled to an edge,to adaptit to receive and hold the bale-band, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

LLOYD ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

A. P. LUFKIN, L. E. Gnarls,

